NORMAS, PRÁCTICAS Y PROCEDIMIENTOS APLICABLES A LA OPERACIONES

Las operaciones petroleras se rigen por normas y procedimientos certificados

internacionalmente por las entidades correspondientes. Entre las más importantes se
encuentran:

 ASME B 31.3 Process Piping

 ASME/ANSI B16.5 Pipe Flanges and Flanged Fittings
 API 1104 Welding of Pipelines and Related Facilities
 API 500 Classification and Location for Electrical Installation at Petrochemical
Facilities
 API 540 Electrical Installations in Petroleum Plants
 API 552 Transmission Systems
 API 551 Processs Measurement Instrumentation
 ISA-S12.1 Electrical Instruments in Hazardous Locations
 ASME VIII Recipientes a Presión.
 ACI American Concrete Institute
 API RP 500A Recommended practice for Classification of areas for electrical
installations in petroleum refineries.
 API RP 550 Manual on installation of refinery instruments and control systems
 API RP 540 Recommended practice for electrical installations in petroleum
processing plants.
 IEC International Electrotechnic Commission
 IEC-79-0 Electrical apparatus for explosive gas atmospheres.
 IEC-79-10 Electrical apparatus for explosive gas atmospheres – Classification on
hazardous areas
 NEC Para los equipos de USA
 NEMA National Electrical Manufacturing Society
 NEMA ICS 6 Enclosures for Instrument Control
 NFPA National Fire Protection Association
 NFPA 70 National Electric Code
 NFPA 77 Recommended Practice on Static Electricity
 NFPA 495 Explosive Materials Code.